Must I Come to Washington, D.C. for my Reagan or Dulles International Airport Injury Case?
January 5, 2018
Usually, the case goes to trial where the injury occurred.
Possible reasons for having the injury trial elsewhere:
“However, you, as the plaintiff, may have several choices as to where to bring your permanent injury case,” notes airline and airport injury lawyer Doug Landau.In many instances, Doug Landau, and counsel he associates with, will go forward in the Federal District Court near Newark International Airport (“EWR”), because some of the airlines are headquartered there. In other instances, an application can be made to the court that it makes more sense to try the case outside of the Washington, D.C. area.
When injured flying and traveling in or out of the Nation’s Capitol, the innocent victim may have choices as to where to bring their claim
- • The parties are located in another state
- • Most of the witnesses are located elsewhere
- • Or there is a contractual requirement for some other tribunal to have jurisdiction over the case
- • In other cases, the majority of the medical care may be in a different jurisdiction, and airline employees travel a lot, so the court can see what makes the most sense in terms of judicial economy, and other efficiencies